UNAI EMERY enjoyed some shadow boxing with Jurgen Klopp then warned the Liverpool boss he is ready to land the knock-out blow tomorrow night.

Unai Emery's Sevilla have already been beaten twice in the Europa League knockout stage this season

The Sevilla boss says his team are hungry to make history by becoming the first club to win the Europa League - or its forerunner the UEFA Cup – three seasons running.

Spaniard Emery is as animated on the touchline as German Klopp and joked that there could as much action in the technical area as on the pitch in the St Jakob Park.

He said: “I was talking to the coach of Liverpool, asked if we are going to fight and we pretended to shadow box!”

Emery is impressed but not worried about Liverpool’s high-intensity football that has blown away Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund and Villareal in the previous rounds.

“The way they have played is incredible and they have beaten some great teams," he added. “But we have advantages. We are winners, we have won the title and now we have a chance to make history. The game will be 50-50.

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“What will decide whether we win or not is if we are able or not to neutralise the qualities of our opponent.

“It could be a match with a very high pace and I think Liverpool will go for it sometimes, as will we.

“If they want to go that way, we are willing to go that way – no worries.

“I think we are going to fight a lot, both teams are going to struggle a lot, and we're ready to not only play 90 minutes but extra time. We have to be prepared for a long night. Anything could happen.”

Emery, 44, has huge respect for Liverpool’s history and Klopp’s coaching ability and cited former Seville wing back Alberto Moreno's improvement this season under the German.

He added: “There are among the 10 best teams in the world. They are pure football. They are real football. They have a great history.

“They have won the Champion League five times and won the UEFA Cup three times and their own league in England, they have won many different trophies.

“The team has changed now a little bit with the new coach. It's a very strong team, one with great football players.

“It's a happy team, I think. Alberto Moreno, for example, was great with us but in the last two years he has developed immensely. He is happy, aggressive and strong.

“Which team would I compare Liverpool to in the Spanish League? You can't compare them fully but they are more or less like Athletic Bilbao, they pressure and are very intense.”

Emery is not concerned that there are expected to be up to three times as many Liverpool fans as those from Spain inside the 38,000 capacity stadium.

“We're not really worried about the fact there might be more Liveprool supporters in the stadium,” he added. ““Listen, tomorrow we need to feel the support of those who are here but we also have to feel and remember all those who haven't been able to travel but will follow what we do on the pitch from their homes.”

Seville, who finished only seventh in La Liga, are bidding to win their fifth Europa League/UEFA Cup in the last decade. They beat Middlesbrough in 2006, Espanyol in 2007, Benfica 2014 and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk last season – the last two under Emery’s command.